What is watchdog.exe?

watchdog.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Jetmedia\NativeDesktopMediaService\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected watchdog.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

watchdog.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

watchdog.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

7 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the watchdog.exe file. That's a 11% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Cylance Unsafe
McAfee RDN/Generic.com
McAfee-GW-Edition RDN/Generic.com
Panda Trj/RnkBend.A
Qihoo-360 Trojan.Generic
Rising Trojan.Win64/Miner!1.B461 (CLOUD)
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R002H06K718
7 of the 66 anti-virus programs detected the watchdog.exe file.

watchdog.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove watchdog.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the watchdog.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that watchdog.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate watchdog.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the watchdog.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate watchdog.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Program Files\Jetmedia\NativeDesktopMediaService\watchdog.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the watchdog.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If watchdog.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If watchdog.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If watchdog.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that watchdog.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5afcb521a7633dec422bf2f64afe059c9
SHA256511a7c3bdb0997c58bc349af279bcccd9aac650957a0129723a05ec6a5ddf741

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to watchdog.exe:

watchdog.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

watchdog.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

watchdog.exe has stopped working.

End Program - watchdog.exe. This program is not responding.

watchdog.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

watchdog.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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